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11-25-2013, 11:38 AM
Kid #2 is due in a few weeks, so it was time to get my son out of his crib and into a bed.
Bought an HO scale model (thanks to Go4long for pointing me in the right direction), took some calipers to it and started planning.
End product is about 400 lbs, modular (comes apart with allen keys), and has working headlights. I have interior LED strip lighting ready to go in, but have to pick up some protective diffusers before installing it. It fits a twin mattress, so he can take it to college if he wants :rofl:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/11042909763_6c9b81354e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042909763/)
L1002322 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042909763/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7301/11042911693_78bdf12edf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042911693/)
L1002307 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042911693/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/11042814196_4511cf9b9a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042814196/)
L1002333 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042814196/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3792/10938271426_e9831d2023_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10938271426/)
L1002215 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10938271426/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/10032230943_ec2d43da41_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10032230943/)
L1001022 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10032230943/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
Also made a flat car step stool for it out of the scrap materials.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/10956512605_b69b79a924_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10956512605/)
L1002241 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10956512605/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
Bought an HO scale model (thanks to Go4long for pointing me in the right direction), took some calipers to it and started planning.
End product is about 400 lbs, modular (comes apart with allen keys), and has working headlights. I have interior LED strip lighting ready to go in, but have to pick up some protective diffusers before installing it. It fits a twin mattress, so he can take it to college if he wants :rofl:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/11042909763_6c9b81354e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042909763/)
L1002322 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042909763/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7301/11042911693_78bdf12edf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042911693/)
L1002307 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042911693/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/11042814196_4511cf9b9a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042814196/)
L1002333 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/11042814196/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3792/10938271426_e9831d2023_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10938271426/)
L1002215 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10938271426/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/10032230943_ec2d43da41_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10032230943/)
L1001022 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10032230943/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr
Also made a flat car step stool for it out of the scrap materials.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/10956512605_b69b79a924_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10956512605/)
L1002241 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/10956512605/) by ryankarr (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryankarr/), on Flickr